Article 3 Transitional provisions

Section 11A(7)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971^f1 shall not apply in relation to proposals for the making, alteration, repeal or replacement of a local plan where the local planning authority have taken steps to prepare those proposals before the coming into force of that provision.

Any direction given by the Secretary of State under section 15A(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 in force immediately before the making of this Order shall continue in force so far as it requires modifications to be made to the local plan or to proposals for the alteration, repeal or replacement of such a plan.